Henry P. Scott was a grocer, farmer, sheriff, tax collector, and state legislator in

Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

. He was born in Mississippi and enslaved at birth. He was a delegate to the 1865 Mississippi black convention at

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. He was elected to represent

Issaquena County Issaquena County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,406, making it the least populous county in the United States east of the Mississippi River. Its county seat is Mayersville. Wi ...

in the

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in 1877.Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner Louisiana State University Press 1996 page 190 Records vary on his birth year.

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Members of the Mississippi House of Representatives Year of birth missing Year of death missing Year of birth uncertain African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era African-American state legislators in Mississippi People from Issaquena County, Mississippi {{Mississippi-politician-stub

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